The Tennessean, Dec. 23, 2016
By: Joey Garrison
Megan Barry campaigned hard on transit during her run for mayor of Nashville, and since taking office she’s said she’s ready for the shovel to hit the ground to s

Nashville Scene, Dec. 22, 2016
By: Cari Wade Gervin
For almost a year-and-a-half, a small group of highly paid state executives has been regularly meeting in secret, determining the future of more than 3,000 state employees whose jobs could be outsourced.
From late August through November of this year,

Nashville Business Journal, Dec. 20, 2016
By: Meg Garner
When local officials endorsed the most expansive and aggressive plan for transit overhaul this year, the question that immediately began circulating was how

Nashville Pride, Dec. 8, 2016
By: Jamilla Newsom
During a brief program this week, The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) presented Project Return with more than a quarter-million dollars to help launch a brand

NewsChannel5, Aug. 30, 2016
The price of Tennessee healthcare will soon skyrocket, but some lawmakers have blamed the rate hikes on politics.
Tennessee Democrats have called for legislative hearings to find out why 100 percent of the requested rate increases by insurance companies were approved without any

Humphrey on the Hill, Aug. 16, 2016
Today, Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris, D-Memphis, and State Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, joined the United Campus Workers on a telephone call with statewide press to discuss t

The Daily News, May 19, 2016
By: Sam Stockard
Terry Cowles flashes a photo of ceiling lamp fixtures on the screen and tells state legislators a vendor’s state Capitol team used its electrical training to remove, repair and re

Vanderbilt University Research News, May 9, 2016
By: Joan Brasher
Tennessee lawmakers encouraged aspiring teachers to use their unique perspective to impact education policy decisions during a panel discussion May 5.

Nashville Post, Feb. 10, 2016
By: Andrea Zelinski
After proposing Republicans go along with a resolution recognizing Nashville’s most high-profile civic leader for Latinos, Rep. John Ray Clemmons is now asking the chamber to applaud the In

The Nashville Ledger by Sam Stockard - Democratic state Rep. John Ray Clemmons is only halfway through his first two-year term representing District 55 in Nashville. But he’s not willing to wait years to speak out or push for change.
Being in the mi

By: Pat Nolan, Jan. 22, 2016
We begin with something state lawmakers do all the time. They pass hundreds of congratulatory resolutions commending their constituents and others who have achieved local, state or national honors.
So it was for Nashville representative John Ray Clemmons. He drafted a resolution regar

Political pendulum predicted to swing left by Rep. Clemmons
Murfreesboro Post by Sam Stockard - Freshman state Rep.John Ray Clemmonstold local Democrats the "pendulum" is swinging back toward their party because Republicans are legislating under a

Confidential Timetable Puts Privatization on Fast Track
NewsChannel5 by Phil Williams - VIDEO - Was the outsourcing of state facilities on a faster track than the Haslam administration has been willing

How Much Has Tennessee Privatization Really Saved
NewsChannel5 by Phil Williams - VIDEO - The first stage of a Haslam administration effort to outsource the management of state buildings to a big corpo

Outsourcing idea criticized at UT-Chattanooga gathering
KnoxBlogs.com by Tom Humphrey - About 60 UT-Chattanooga employees, students, community supporters and United Campus Workers officials showed up for the second campus stop of a s

Best Politician - Writers' Choice
Nashville Scene by Andrea Zelinski - While most freshmen state legislators were figuring out where the bathrooms were and how to file legislation — and fishing their bills out of the toilet — the shrewd first-t

Ron Ramsey: Christians should consider arming themselves
The Tennessean by Joey Garrison - Responding to a mass shooting at an Oregon community college that left 10 people dead, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramse

The Tennessean, by Anita Wadhwani, Aug. 3, 2015 -- State Democratic leaders have joined the call for Department of Human Services Commissioner Raquel Hatter to testify about failures in an $80 million fo

WSMV, July 29, 2015 -- The Channel 4 I-Team has learned the cost of a controversial ad campaign may have been much higher than originally revealed.
The campaign included TV and radio ads, social media, and b

The Ledger, Sam Stockard, July 17, 2015 - Sometimes Tennessee Democrats must feel like a tree that falls in the forest: Does anyone hear them?
When Democratic legislative leaders called for a special session this summer on Insure Tennessee, Gov. Bill Hasl

Fox News, July 16, 2015 - The Highway Safety Office of Tennessee has apologized over a controversial anti-DUI campaign that included slogans which told men not to drink with a "marginally good-looking girl" that was "clingy" and then later drive.
The p

TIME, Katy Osborn, July 15, 2015 - The state claimed the ad was intended to be "edgy."
The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office apologized for the “100 Days of Summer Heat Booze It and Lose It Campaign” in a statement on

The Tennessean, Natalie Neysa Alund, July 14, 2015 - A Nashville state lawmaker Tuesday called on the governor to disavow a new anti-DUI campaign that has stirred controversy, as some have said it takes a sexist approach to e

State Rep. John Ray Clemmons Announces 2015-2016 Tennessee Arts Commission Grants for District 55 Non-Profits
July 2, 2015
State Representative John Ray Clemmons, representing the 55th District, has released a list of grant award recipients from the Tennessee Arts Commission for Fiscal Year 2016 (July 1, 2015 –&nb

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: TENNESSEE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN RAY CLEMMONS
Moms Clean Air Force, June 29, 2015
This is a Moms Clean Air Force exclusive interview with Tennessee Representative John Ray Clemmons:
What is

Statement of Rep. John Ray Clemmons on Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act
June 25, 2015
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled on King v. Burwell, and budget deficit arguments, as well as other reasons for opposition, have proven baseless. No more excuses

Andrea Zelinski, The Nashville Scene
April 30, 2015 - After eons ruling state government with an iron fist, Democrats in the state legislature have now gone half a decade as merely pests to Republicans who control both chambers

Samantha Lachman, The Huffington Post
April 22, 2015 - A Republican floor leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives blocked an amendment that would have created an exemption for victims of rape and incest to an anti-abortion bill by arguing that such cases are too difficult to confirm.

Anita Wadhwani and Dave Boucher, The Tennessean
April 21, 2015 - Two abortion measures are now headed to the governor's desk after the Tennessee House voted 79-18 in favor of requiring a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion after in-person counsel

Andrea Zelinski, Nashville Post Politics
April 1, 2015 - “You’ll learn,” Majority Leader Gerald McCormick said wide-eyed as he leaned across his seat toward two Democrats hell-bent on making a school voucher bill as difficult to pass a

Jennifer Johnston, MyVU
April 1, 2015 - Vanderbilt hosted a Day on the Hill breakfast reception for state legislators and staff members March 31 and showcased Vanderbilt’s significant impact in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties with banners displayed throughout hallways.
In addition to gree

Associated Press
March 31, 2015 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bill that originally sought to require ultrasound images be shown or described to women seeking abortions in Tennessee has been withdrawn for the year.
The House Health Subcommittee was poised

Chas Sisk, WPLN
March 26, 2015 - A bill meant to even the playing field for wages for men and women was rejected by state lawmakers Wednesday afternoon.
The measure would have let women file wage complaints at their local courthouses. Currently i

Abby White, Nashville Scene
March 24, 2015 - On March 10, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee held their lobby day on Capitol Hill. More than 100 volunteers — most clad in pink Planned Parenthood T-shirts — attended meeti

Clemmons' first education bill designed to remove barriers to higher best possible principals for our public schools.state licensure for principals educated out-of-state.
The Tennessean
February 12, 2015
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Nashville Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI), a youth outreach program designed to promote interest in baseball while increasing the self-esteem of disadvantaged children, is joining forces with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee to carry its mission to more young people.